Question

No link pls: How did DW Griffith's “The Birth of a Nation" rewrite the history of Reconstruction

Answer 1

Answer:

It made K

Explanation:

Basically, the movie made it seem like the KKK was a restoring force in Reconstruction as heroic figures, slavery as a part of the country's identity, blacks as only good for labor. The film basically provided the foundation that although the Radical Republicans temporarily controlled the South, the region would still do all in its power to return to what it was before the Civil War. This would become evident in the practice of sharecropping, the rise of Southern conservatives-known as redeemers, and the passing of the Amnesty Act of 1872, allowing Southern conservatives to vote for Democrats to retake control of state governments,